Joe Williams

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Singer

Genre

Jazz Orchestra Blues

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Jazz Orchestra Blues

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Social

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Telefunken U47

Condenser Microphones

Used on Just the Blues, as mentioned in this Sound on Sound interview with producer Bruce Swedien.

Telefunken U47

"I still have one of the two U47s that I bought new in 1953, and will still frequently be first choice on lead vocal. This is a mic that can be used on a ballad or on a very aggressive rock track. It has a slight peak in its frequency response at around 7kHz, which gives it a feeling of natural presence. It also has a slight peak in the low end around 100Hz. This gives it a warm, rich sound. For Joe Williams, another mic would never have worked as well. I figured out that it was the mic for him when I heard him speak. After you've been doing this for as long as I have, you begin to have instinctive sonic reactions, and it saves a lot of time!”

Hear it on... Joe Williams in the Count Basie Band's Just The Blues

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